てんとうむしだまし

Japanese

For pronunciation and definitions of てんとうむしだまし – see the following entry.

【偽瓢虫】 [noun] handsome fungus beetle (any beetle of family Endomychidae) [noun] (colloquial) 28-spotted ladybird, 28-spotted ladybug (Henosepilachna vigintioctopunctata, syn. Epilachna vigintioctopunctata) Alternative spelling テントウムシダマシ

(This term, てんとうむしだまし (tentōmushidamashi), is the hiragana spelling of the above term.)